Casing for holding goods containers undergoing treatment



April 6,1926. 1,579,584 H. P. WELLMAN csING Non HOLDING Goons CONTAINERS uNDENGoTNs TREATMENT Filed Deo. 1s, 1924 INVENTOR Ml/y //mam ATTORNEYS.

Patented Apr.' 6,. 1926.

UNITE-D fsTaTES HARVEY P. WELLMAN, oF sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFCRNIA,A ASSIGNCR y'ro ANDERsoN- i' 1 e f 1,579,584 P ATENT o FEICLCE.

BARNG'ROVERy MFG. C0., 0F SAN JOSE, CLLIIFORNIA,` A CORPORATION OF' CALI- FORNIA.

CAsING RoR HOLDING GooDs CONTAINERS UNDERCorNG l ":rRnATlviENT.

Application mea December 16, 19,24. serian No. 756,330.

To all whom z't may concern: 1 v

Be it known that I, HARVEY P; IVELLMAN,

a citizen `ot the United States, residing in vision and use of temporary casings forsuch goods containers as are Vunadapted by reason ,25 casing vfor this purpose.This object involves, first, the provision for readily in.- serting and removing the, goods container 4strom the casing; second, the holding Cisa-id lcontainer lagainst independent movement relatively to the casing; third, thespacing of said container from .thecasing Wall; land fourth, the holding oflsaid container in such position that its end is sutliciently exposed Y for the action otra leak detector used' connection with the treatment, @by which n fis meant, the method and device nowknown and in use of detecting leaky cansand sepa# rating them from' the tight cans Vbytaking advantage of the differential effect ofjpr'essure upon the cant-head in the leaks and tights.

IVith these objects in view, invention.

consists inthe novel casing for holding goods containers 4 understood that various changes in form, structure and arrangement may be made without departing from the V'spirit ofv the invention as defined by the claims herein.

In the accompanying drawings, I illustrate the preferable form of my casing. Fig. l is a longitudinal 'section of' the casing, showing the interiorholding and positioning meansforan insertedfcontainer, vthe latter being indicated byfdottedA lines.

onthe line 2-2 l.

of size, shape or otherwise, for passingV ings therein.

kgenerally both in shape and' structure the undergoing treatment,- which I shall now fully describe, it beingl Fig..2 isla cross section of Fig. l.. 1 Figf is alongitudinal.'section of `the casing,` ,showing the interior holding and positioning means further developed t0 form a stop tov limit the insertion ofthe `container f inposition to have its exposed' end approxil mately flushwiththe open end`r of 'the casing, aid container being indicated by dotted mes. l

' Fig. .4 is across section on the line 4-4 ofF-ig.A f a --Figf is an elevation, partly broken, of a treating vessel, showing its lpath with casl is a shell which in its best form, to adapt f it for accurate and rolling travel in and throughV the common type 'of treating path7 is cylindrical lin cross section and resembles common forms of cans, being preferably l made of sheet metal, -rolled fand soldered similarly to can bodies., The shelly may. be

fully open, at both ends, but in order to Y stiien'it and alsorto cause' Vit'to approachv more closely. in outer contourtofthe ordi*-v fnary cam? whereby it` is. adapted' equally withsuchl can to fit-in androllvthrfough the treating path, ahead 2 withcentral opening 3 and rima is soldered tof oneend.

The-other endV of theshell is tu'llyl open, yand tov said'endis soldered an'annularV ring which4 provides anexterio'r bead 5 and an interior kdovimwardly -tapering entrance langer -Vithin y releasably holding Tthe goods container inserted therein, .while ypassing through the .treating path., These means have the function of both holding the inserted goods container aganast` independent movement relatively to the shell, and of spacing it from the shell wall; 'and to this end such means mayv be of any (suitable nature, adapted in theirbest form to coact with the Vtapering 100 ,entranceflange 6 to'permit the ready insertion of the goods container, and to resillentp hold the .latter whereby it may be inserted and removed with facility. f

-In the form shown these means vconsist'ot 105 Y av plurality of springyv lclamp plates 7.

f y 9o the shelll -arefitte'd means for l arranged in annular syn'nnetrical series, one vertical edge of each plate being soldered to the shell wall, and the rest of the plate being free and normally standing away from said wall. The edge of each plate adjacent the tape-ring entrance flange 6 of the shell is flared at 8 to a taper adapted to coact with said flange in readily admitting the inserted goods container.

In Figs. 'l and 2 I have shown in dotted lilies fitted to the shell 1, ya goods container 9 of general angular shape such for example as la can in which asparagus is usually put up. This container is releasably and resiliently hel-d by the spring clamps 7, so that it has no independent movement relatively to the shell, and is spaced from the shell wall. This results in distinct advantages. Being held relatively to the shell it cannot roll or jostle therein, which would tend to mar its labeled or enameled surface or otherwise injure it; 'being resiliently held it is not liable to injury; and being spaced vfrom the shell wall it is prevented from receiving such heat therefrom as might tend, in the case of glass containers particularly, to injury due to inequality of temperature.

I refer now to Figs. v8 and l for a. further elaboration of the holding means within the shell. rThis is especially adapted for :such goods containers `as ar-e relatively short and require to be held in the shell with one end exposed approximately flush with the open end of said shell. In these ligures I show in dotted lines a small can l() inserted in the shell l` This can may represent what is known in the milk processing art as a baby can. I is a short can Iof small diameter as compared with the shell. In this case, means are provided within the shell, in addition to the holding and spacing means, for limiting the insertion of the baby can at a point which will present the outer end of the can approximately flush with the open end of the shell. 'Such means may be of any suitable character, but in their best form they are intimately associated with the holding means, and to this end I slit the inner portion -of each clamp plate 7 from the free vertical edge thereof, and thus form the tongues 1l, which being bent approximately radially of the shell, towards the axis thereof, with their free extremities overlapping, form a stop for the baby can.-

Brace members 12 may be provided to stiffen said stop tongues. Thus the baby can is not only held and spaced from the shell, but is positioned to have one end exposed for the action of the leak-detector as hereinbefore referred to. 1

In 5 is shown a treating vessel 1S with a. treating -path comprising the well known rotating reel rails l-l and helically directed fixed rail l5, rand also showing in two instances my casings l with their inserted goods `containers not shown, in said path.

I claim.:- l. A casing for holding goods contamers undergoing treatment, comprising a shell, and an annular series of resilient clamp plates disposed lengthwise and for approximately the depth of the casing interior, cach of said plates being` secured along one of its sides parallel with the shell axis, to the wall of' the shell, the remainder of the plate being free and normally standing away from said wall.

2. A casing for holding goods containers undergoing treatment, comprising a shel' having an open end with an inwardly extending tapering entrance flange forming the border of 'said open end; and an annular series of resilient clamp plates disposed lengthwise and for approximately the depth of the casing interior` `each of said plates being secured alongl one of its sides parallel with the shell axis, to the wall of the shell, the ren'iainder of the plate being free and normally standing away fiom said wall,

and said plates having their edges, adjacent y the entrance flange of the shell, tapered to coact with said flange to enter the container.

3. A casing for holding goods containers undergoing` treatment, comprising a shell; and an annular series of resilient clamp plates ydisposed lengthwise and for approximately the depth of the casing interior, each of said plates being secured along one of its sides parallel with the shell axis, to the wall of the shell, the remainder of the plate being free and normally standing away from said wall; and each of said platesv having a portion of the inner end bent towards the shell axis to form a stop to limit the insertion of the container.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. 

